Chennai, June 09: BJP President M Venkaiah Naidu today
asserted that the Prime Minister A B Vajpayee would lead the
party and the NDA in the next Lok Sabha polls.
He told reporters here today that Vajpayee was not only a
leader of the BJP and the NDA but of the entire country, while
the opposition was unable to project any leader as the prime
ministerial candidate.
On RSS leader K S Sudharshan`s remarks that the BJP
should concentrate on its ideology and not on personality
cult, he said Sudharshan had stated that there was nothing
wrong in projecting a leader during the election time.
He said the BJP wanted to win 300 seats on its own and
gain two third majority along with its allies in the next Lok
Sabha polls.
"Even if we get a majority on our own, we will continue
with the NDA experiment. Development will be our plank for the
polls. For development, we require some Constitutional
amendments and that is why we seek a mandate of two-thirds
majority", he said.
He said the party would decide on the alliances with
other parties only after the polls were announced and would
concentrate on `expansion` of the party now.
Ruling out early Lok Sabha polls, he said the polls would
be held as scheduled next year.
Asked whether all the constitutents of NDA would continue
in the alliance for the Lok Sabha polls, he said `wait and
see`.
Bureau Report
